LIFE IS FULL OF POSSIBILITIES,
AND SO IS PARIS !!

The year 2000 was an exceptional season. Not only did it signal the end of a millennium for most linear-time-conscious minds, but it was also the year when a local art gallery in Paris (located two blocks from Notre Dame) invited me to exhibit my artwork. What a privilege and an indescribable thrill !!

Two months later, the very prestigious Society of French Artists, based in Paris, invited me to exhibit my artwork at an annual art group show located just a stone-throw away from the Eiffel Tower. I was also fortunate enough to enroll in an art academy. For several months during the Fall of 2000, I learned a few techniques on engraving, etching and printmaking at the academy. Paris is a magical city and a huge source of inspiration for the senses, the heart and the spirit. It is a place that embodies the legacy of amazing creations, history and tradition. Paris is the quintessential bridge that connects my reverence and passion for art-making with the lives and times, trials and tribulations of some of my favorite painters and sculptors that ever lived.

The monumental opportunity to live, study, and exhibit my artwork in Paris proved to be an a-m-a-z-i-n-g experience. Life in Paris contributed to the on-going incubation of a giant cocoon within my heart filled with creativity and imagination. Paris was and continues to be a very special dream come true; This particular journey and time there generated innumerable ideas, unforgettable experiences, lifelong friendships and several paintings like this one.